Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North a national defense litigation law firm headquartered in Philadelphia PA

Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North, Ltd., is a well-established national defense litigation law firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa. Our clients benefit from our litigators’ collective experience in a variety of practice areas including: appellate, bad faith, civil rights, class action, construction defects and injuries, environmental and toxic tort litigation and coverage, insurance coverage, labor and employment law, products liability, municipal liability, automobile liability, commercial litigation, land use and zoning, premises liability and professional liability.

FIRM NEWSLETTER

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2013 PA SUPER LAWYERS and 2013 PA RISING STARS (05/17/2013) Read More...

• Drew Adair Elevated to Partner (01/28/2013) Read More...

• Carla Maresca to speak at the 2013 CLM Annual Conference (01/10/2013) Read More...

ARTICLES

• Employers' Ever Increasing Obligation to Engage in the Interactive Process Under the ADA (By: Carla Maresca and Rufus Jennings) Read More...

• Newly Introduced Bill in New Jersey Will Establish A Statutory Private Cause of Action for Bad Faith and Allow Recovery of Punitive Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith Conduct (By: Christine Celia) Read More...

• GOVERNOR CORBETT SIGNS LAW ABROGATING JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY IN PENNSYLVANIA (By: Gerald J. Valentini and Christopher Negrete) Read More...

SEMINARS & EVENTS

• Sherry Brown Participated as a Panelist in �Verdicts and Settlements� Seminar held in Delaware County, November 30, 2011. (12/01/2011) Read More...

• Carla Maresca presented Employee Rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the Bucks Montgomery Human Resources Consortium and the Delaware Valley Insurance Trust. (June 11, 2010) Read More...

• Jerry Valentini and John Morgenstern participated in the 2010 East Region Construction Defect and Insurance Coverage Conference (June 4, 2010) Read More...

FEATURED PRACTICE AREA

Excess Insurance Litigation

Insurance coverage conflicts are a practice mainstay at Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North. Our attorneys possess in-depth knowledge and a thorough understanding of the challenging, highly regulated environment in which insurers operate. We regularly represent excess insurance carriers in complex disputes involving insureds and primary insurers. Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North lawyers have, for example, successfully prosecuted a case on behalf of an excess carrier for the primary carrier’s bad faith refusal to settle within policy limits against the recommendation of its insured’s counsel as well as the primary carrier’s own defense counsel. Read More...

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